Hampton U. upsets Bethune-Cookman 40-35 on Senior Night

COURTESY HAMPTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
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HAMPTON, Virginia  --  Hampton University’s frustrating football season included all manner of losses – high scoring and low scoring, red-zone snafus and defensive collapses, breakdowns early and late.

Facing yet another potential meltdown against perhaps the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference’s premier program, the Pirates stood tall in the waning minutes and came away with a signature win.

Hampton carved up Bethune-Cookman’s nationally-ranked defense, and the Pirates’ own depleted defensive group made necessary plays as they held on for a 40-35 win on a raw, chilly Thursday night before a sparse Armstrong Stadium crowd and a national TV audience.

“We don’t have any quit in us,” HU coach Connell Maynor said. “What we always say is that we’ve got to find a way to win a game in the fourth quarter, and make plays late and finish, and that’s what we did today.”



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